The Amish culture contains multiple kinds of values that makes their way of life not at all like other cultures. The Amish culture expresses itself in faith, simplicity, and humility (Miller 74). Simplicity is a value that keeps the structure within the Amish culture. The simplicity in clothing, households, design, churches and structure. The Amish believe in keeping life simple the way God want them to live (Kraybill 1). Therefore having fancy decorations lead to pride. What Americans today consider luxuries and convenience such as having a watch, wearing jewelry and make up and having wedding ring is viewed by the Amish as signs of giving yourself over to pride. Amish believe that you can scratch any sin below the surface and you will find
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The average for an American family consist 3 members (Miller 74). The American family would be extremely isolated from one another. You will probably find the children watching television or on the computer surfing the web, playing games, and so forth. In the Amish family, everybody would be together by eating, working, going to church and playing. The Amish usually keeps there equipment very basic. This way they can assure that no new technology will pull them apart from there family. The Amish put a lot of their attention on family, God and being separate from the outside world. An Amish family will simplicity as their value. On the other hand Americans values lies with convenience and comfort. The Amish considers entertainment to be a happy interaction with friends and family members of the same faith. They enjoy playing simple but fun games such volleyball and fishing ( KrayBill 1). They also consider their work to be a form of entertainment for them. When it comes to producing food the Amish keeps it simple by connecting to God's given creation such as soil. They will usually grow a vegetable garden, hunt and fish (The Amish …show more content…
The Amish culture is one of the multiple cultural groups that are subject to ethnocentrism in today. They are judged by their appearance, the way they dress, their customs and beliefs. They are additionally judged on extremely questionable things, for example, dismissing the thought of having a car, the way there culture set the standards on marriages, and finally the dark colored clothing and garments they wear (Rosado). People who live outside of Amish culture believe that the Amish culture consistency and simplicity in their lives is wrong because they are not open to change or tolerate anything different than what they already know (The Amish Video). The Amish is an isolated community that minds their own business and never troubles anybody. With that being said, why society have the need to question everything about their culture and to be so against the way they live their life? The Amish don't experience that way and were not brought up in the same kind of style as we were. Today, the Amish Culture is thought to be obsolete and unnecessary (Rosado). In Amish written by Donald B. Kraybill he says that the ethnocentrism against the Amish is similar to the discrimination to the African-Americans. It's similar to the Holocaust for Jews. Like the Amish there's this feeling of being different individuals, of being a minority individuals, of being careful about what the
The average for an American family consist 3 members (Miller 74). The American family would be extremely isolated from one another. You will probably find the children watching television or on the computer surfing the web, playing games, and so forth. In the Amish family, everybody would be together by eating, working, going to church and playing. The Amish usually keeps there equipment very basic. This way they can assure that no new technology will pull them apart from there family. The Amish put a lot of their attention on family, God and being separate from the outside world. An Amish family will simplicity as their value. On the other hand Americans values lies with convenience and comfort. The Amish considers entertainment to be a happy interaction with friends and family members of the same faith. They enjoy playing simple but fun games such volleyball and fishing ( KrayBill 1). They also consider their work to be a form of entertainment for them. When it comes to producing food the Amish keeps it simple by connecting to God's given creation such as soil. They will usually grow a vegetable garden, hunt and fish (The Amish …show more content…
The Amish culture is one of the multiple cultural groups that are subject to ethnocentrism in today. They are judged by their appearance, the way they dress, their customs and beliefs. They are additionally judged on extremely questionable things, for example, dismissing the thought of having a car, the way there culture set the standards on marriages, and finally the dark colored clothing and garments they wear (Rosado). People who live outside of Amish culture believe that the Amish culture consistency and simplicity in their lives is wrong because they are not open to change or tolerate anything different than what they already know (The Amish Video). The Amish is an isolated community that minds their own business and never troubles anybody. With that being said, why society have the need to question everything about their culture and to be so against the way they live their life? The Amish don't experience that way and were not brought up in the same kind of style as we were. Today, the Amish Culture is thought to be obsolete and unnecessary (Rosado). In Amish written by Donald B. Kraybill he says that the ethnocentrism against the Amish is similar to the discrimination to the African-Americans. It's similar to the Holocaust for Jews. Like the Amish there's this feeling of being different individuals, of being a minority individuals, of being careful about what the